Tanya

Just a general comment on how we got here. Season about to start and we could lose a player who I believe will be crucial to us getting promoted. Poor decisions have led to a situation where our best are getting picked off. Top and Rudkin...well done.

This club is a disgrace

If Dele's attitude is right I have no qualms with him coming here. It has been a while but there is a player there

Drinkwater is the kind of character we are trying to shift from the club. No thanks Danny

I think most women would object to moving to such an extreme anti-woman place.

I dislike Rudkin too but some of you just want to complain for the sake of it

Good signing this. Something to prove too. Welcome Harry!

You missed my point. This isnt a slam against Villa, who I like and respect. This is a criticism against Youri who turned us down when we were flying and then his camp leaked to everyone who would listen he wanted to sign with an elite club. If a champions league or even europa league team came in for him we would have gone there. Villa seems like the best of what he was offered whether they did it swiftly or not and frankly, are at Youri's level.

I didnt realize how salty I was about relegation until now. This **** didnt sign a contract with us because he wanted a top four club and now he is at Villa. Villa is a fine club with a proud history but it is not the sort of club Youri was thinking of when he turned us down. I hate to quote Rodgers but Youri is a prime example of a player who isnt as good as he thought he was. Enjoy trundling around Villa Park in relative obscrurity Youri, you arrogant, so-called professional.

Enjoy trundling around Villa park Youri. Great player for us. But he isnt as good as he thought he was. He deserves this kind of move. Hope he doesnt win anything again.

Hilarious that trundling Tielemans is being linked to Villa. Not the high life huh Youri?

Bedding in an academy kid sounds exciting!

Rudkin should go, not Whelan.

Great thread. Time to suck it up and bounce right back.

Some people here are so angry and they turn that anger on the players. It is sad.

And it is what these players deserve.

I am thoroughly enjoying this playoff game right now. Obviously financially and for club infrastructure we want to be in the premier league, but do not tell people they should be banned for looking forward to a rebuild and watching new teams every weekend, without one club dominating all else. It is bad but I cannot abide unnessary doomerism.

No. I do prefer the championship. Football at the top, buttressed by nation states, is too corrupt. It is crazy that Arsenal is seen as a plucky underdog because their owner is backed by a bottomless pit of money. Football is broken.

Id be really curious to know what actually happened behind the scenes. Four years ago Rudkin and Whelan were being lauded and rightfully so. In the interim we have moved from our recruitment model, put too much status and control in a manager and hired at least one absolutely pathetic head of recruitment. Rudkin and the board are smart people. They helped oversee the most successful period of the club AND its rapid decline. Why? HOW?!

Tbh, that isnt a bad side, new signings pending of course. Hope Vards has one more season in him. Also Daka needs to regain his confidence. If he cant score a hatfull in the champ we cut our loses.

Agreed. Any day of the week

Thanks for an honest, genuine attempt at the good news. Relegation is terrible for the club but there are, albeit only a few, silver linings.

Yeah the Prem is corrupt to the core when Arsenal feels like a plucky underdog. To hell with it all. Championship means different teams

I know it is terrible for the club but Ill enjoy seeing new teams next year.

Weird choice of words. Pussies, as in cats, apex predators. If you mean the other thing, well, that part of the female anatomy gives birth to humans and is extraordinarily resillient. These players are like a sweaty ballsack; vulnerable to the slightest touch. Real talk you are right, I hope they are hit financially. They are not as good as they think.